Mental disorder not factor in Pistorius shooting

Mental disorder not factor in Pistorius shooting

Oscar Pistorius listens to evidence in court in Pretoria, South Africa, June 30, 2014. The murder trial of Pistorius resumed Monday, after one month during which mental health experts evaluated the athlete to determine if he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions on the night he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo/Phill Magakoe, Pool)

Mental disorder not factor in Pistorius shooting

Oscar Pistroius arrives at court in Pretoria, South Africa, Monday, June 30, 2014. The murder trial resumed after one month during which mental health experts evaluated the athlete to determine if he has an anxiety disorder that could have influenced his actions on the night he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (AP Photo)

PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental illness when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and was able to understand the wrongfulness of what he had done, according to psychiatric reports submitted Monday at the Olympic athlete’s murder trial.

The conclusions by a panel of experts, read aloud by chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel, appeared to remove the possibility that the double-amputee runner could be declared not guilty because of a mental disorder, which would result in his being committed to a mental institution.

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